Learning on ScreenEdmund Kean
- Alternative title
- Kean
- Synopsis
- Televised version of the one-man stage show on the life of Edmund Kean written by Raymond Fitzsimmons and performed by Ben Kingsley. Directed by Alison Sutcliffe for stage and for television by Michael Ferguson. Kean enacts scenes from Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice and Othello.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 27 Feb 1983 (Channel: Channel Four)
- Duration
- 89 mins
Credits
- Director
- Alison Sutcliffe; Michael Fitzgerald (2)
- Producer
- Michael Fitzgerald (2)
- Writer
- Raymond Fitzsimmons
- Production Design
- Martin Tilley
- Costume
- Martin Tilley
- Cast
Ben Kingsley Edmund Kean
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Macbeth; Merchant of Venice, The; Othello
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Kean, Edmund (1787-1833)
Notes
- History
- The show opened at the Harrogate Theatre and later went to Broadway where it ran September 27-October 29 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Transmitted in the US on PBS 5 December 1983.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
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